§ 235 — (I) The term "wages" does not include: A

With respect to calendar years prior to calendar year 2023, the maximum amount includable as "wages" shall be determined pursuant to this Section as in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. With respect to the calendar year 2023, the term "wages" shall include only the remuneration paid to an individual by an employer during that period with respect to employment which does not exceed $13,271. With respect to the calendar year 2024, the term "wages" shall include only the remuneration paid to an individual by an employer during that period with respect to employment which does not exceed $13,590. With respect to the calendar year 2025, the term "wages" shall include only the remuneration paid to an individual by an employer during that period with respect to employment which does not exceed $13,916. With respect to the calendar year 2026, the term "wages" shall include only the remuneration paid to an individual by an employer during that period with respect to employment which does not exceed $14,250. With respect to the calendar year 2027, and each calendar year thereafter, the term "wages" shall include only the remuneration paid to an individual by an employer during that period with respect to employment which does not exceed $14,592. The remuneration paid to an individual by an employer with respect to employment in another State or States, upon which contributions were required of such employer under an unemployment compensation law of such other State or States, shall be included as a part of the remuneration herein referred to. For the purposes of this subsection, any employing unit which succeeds to the organization, trade, or business, or to substantially all of the assets of another employing unit, or to the organization, trade, or business, or to substantially all of the assets of a distinct severable portion of another employing unit, shall be treated as a single unit with its predecessor for the calendar year in which such succession occurs; any employing unit which is owned or controlled by the same interests which own or control another employing unit shall be treated as a single unit with the unit so owned or controlled by such interests for any calendar year throughout which such ownership or control exists; and, with respect to any trade or business transfer subject to subsection A of Section 1507.1, a transferee, as defined in subsection G of Section 1507.1, shall be treated as a single unit with the transferor, as defined in subsection G of Section 1507.1, for the calendar year in which the transfer occurs. This subsection applies only to Sections 1400, 1405A, and 1500. A-1. (Blank). B. The amount of any payment (including any amount paid by an employer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such payment), made to, or on behalf of, an individual or any of the individual's dependents under a plan or system established by an employer which makes provision generally for individuals performing services for the employer (or for such individuals generally and their dependents) or for a class or classes of such individuals (or for a class or classes of such individuals and their dependents), on account of (1) sickness or accident disability (except those sickness or accident disability payments which would be includable as "wages" in Section 3306(b)(2)(A) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, in effect on January 1, 1985, such includable payments to be attributable in such manner as provided by Section 3306(b) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, in effect on January 1, 1985), or (2) medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability, or (3) death. C. Any payment made to, or on behalf of, an employee or the employee's beneficiary which would be excluded from "wages" by subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) or (G), of Section 3306(b)(5) of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, in effect on January 1, 1985. D. The amount of any payment on account of sickness or accident disability, or medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability, made by an employer to, or on behalf of, an individual performing services for the employer after the expiration of six calendar months following the last calendar month in which the individual performed services for such employer. E. Remuneration paid in any medium other than cash by an employing unit to an individual for service in agricultural labor as defined in Section 214. F. The amount of any supplemental payment made by an employer to an individual performing services for the employer, other than remuneration for services performed, under a shared work plan approved by the Director pursuant to Section 407.1. (II) (Blank).

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 102-1105, eff. 1-1-23; 103-1059, eff. 12-20-24.)